Cate Campbell: Australia's 'queen of the pool' retires

One of the nation's most celebrated swimmers will hang up her goggles after failing to qualify for Paris 2024.

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Cate Campbell announced that it was “time to officially say goodbye to the dream I have had since I was 9 years old,” in a social media post on Wednesday, a week after bowing out of the Australian Olympic Trials in Brisbane.

Campbell missed out on what would have been her fifth Games team when she fell short of qualification for the 100m and 50m freestyle events.

A veteran of four Olympics, she has won eight Olympic medals, broken seven world records and is one of the most recognisable faces in Australian sport.

“While there are many conflicting emotions, especially because it did not end exactly how I had hoped, I am still able to look back without regret,” she said.

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